Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer
Raytheon
Total years of experience :35 years, 10 Months
• Daily interface with military customer to ensure current contractual agreements are met along with planning for future Hawk and Patriot program requirements
• Responsible for all types of Quality inspections of military equipment and parts delivered to the customer including System Integration Check Out (SICO) before handover
• Review of military maintenance processes impacting operation and repair of missile defense equipment and provide improvement recommendations
• Perform Failure analysis of equipment and parts to monitor trends and develop Root Cause
• Mentor and train local QA engineers and military personnel on standard Quality best practices
• Manage training and consulting projects for government agencies and local vendors, ensuring budgets and schedules are met while monitoring implementation of corrective/preventive actions
• Provide quotes for manpower and materials as required.
• Provide training in Quality Regulations and Lean/Six Sigma as well as lead improvement efforts
• Managed design of world-class facilities with capabilities to support aircraft MRO activities
• Increased current capabilities by 12% at significant cost savings
• Developed “Concept of Operations”, SOPs and Balanced Scorecards for critical shops
• Provided mentoring and training in Lean/Six Sigma, Airworthiness and AS9110 Standards
• Established continuous improvement culture across all organizational levels
• Developed plan to standardize and achieve ACE certification to 4 Air Force bases and HQ departments
• Provided Lean and Quality training to leadership and 75% of staff
• Lead improvement events across organization
• Standardized processes across all functions and sites to achieve 15% TAT improvement
• Managed quality teams ensuring team competency, effective internal and external audits, efficient processes and AS9100 certification 3 years in a row. Provided ACE and AS9100 training
• Lead Corrective Action Board (CAB) monitoring CARs and Risk mitigation efforts
• Managed continuous improvement teams to achieve Gold (World-class) certification in 3 sites
• Lead process improvement efforts to address issues and opportunities
• Involved in the planning and execution of development engine test programs (F22, F35, GP7000, PW4000, etc.)
• Coordinated efforts and resources between internal customers (Rotor Dynamics, Engine Controls, Test Engineering, etc.) as well as external customers (FAA, DCMA, GE, Rolls Royce, etc.)
• Ensured setup and operation of 2000+ instruments and equipment as well as validity of test data
• Involved in resource allocation estimates and planning, prioritizing efforts across projects while monitoring schedules and budgets
• Supervised team of assemblers and technicians in the production, testing and quality control of 30+ types pressure transducers
• Managed high volume manufacturing environment meeting aggressive monthly production quotas
• Developed standard operating procedures to ensure consistent quality and delivery and achieve ISO9001 certification
Part of the MSQMS degree is the practical implementation of the Lean and Six-Sigma tools of process improvement. Completing the Masters Business Project demonstrates implementation of the QMS theory to eliminate waste in a current process resulting in reduced defects and increased profits, employee morale and quality of products or services
Part of the MSQMS degree is the practical implementation of the Lean and Six-Sigma tools of process improvement. Completing the Masters Business Project demonstrates implementation of the QMS theory to eliminate waste in a current process resulting in reduced defects and increased profits, employee morale and quality of products or services.
Degree focuses on theories and methods to analyze production and operating systems in order to re-engineer and maximize their efficiency, productivity and competitiveness.
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